Soul Mates (French: Les Âmes sœurs) is 2023 French drama film directed by André Téchiné from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cédric Anger. Starring Benjamin Voisin and Noémie Merlant, it is about a soldier who returns home after the war in Mali and has PTSD.
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Plot
A soldier of the French forces engaged in Mali is seriously burned during an explosion. Repatriated to intensive care in France, he has amnesia and begins a long convalescence with his sister in their family home in the Pyrenees.
Cast
Benjamin Voisin as David Faber
Noémie Merlant as Jeanne
Audrey Dana as Rachel
André Marcon as Marcel
Alexis Loret as Dr. Fanch-Tanguy
Sya Rachedi as Nadja
Mama Prassinos as The Military Wife
Jean Fornerod as Bruno Vogel
Stéphane Bak as Franck Dawaga
Production
Filming began in June 2021 in the Ariège department, including Orgeix, Ax-les-Thermes and Orlu. Filming also took place in the Aude department and in Paris. It was also partly shot in Pyrénées-Orientales. Filming resumed at the start of 2022 for scenes at the Bédeilhac Cave in Bédeilhac-et-Aynat and at the Prehistoric Park in Tarascon-sur-Ariège.
Critical response
On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on 27 reviews from French critics.